Euro-2024 (U-17): the youth national team of Ukraine learned the names of opponents in the qualifying round

08.12.2022 11:29

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Today, the youth national team of Ukraine U-16 (football players not older than 2007), led by Volodymyr Yezerskyi, found out their opponents in the qualifying round of Euro-2024 (U-17).

52 national associations took part in the draw at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The national team of Ukraine was in the second seeding basket. 

According to the results of the draw, the Ukrainians got into group 3, where they will compete with the national teams of Germany, Finland and Liechtenstein.

Composition of qualifying groups for Euro-2024 (U-17)

Group 1: Denmark, Austria, Georgia, Lithuania.

Group 2: Sweden, Poland, Latvia, Moldova.

Group 3: Germany, Ukraine, Finland, Liechtenstein.

Group 4: Serbia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan.

Group 5: Portugal, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Albania.

Group 6: France, Norway, Romania, Estonia.

Group 7: ТUrechyna, Scotland, Belarus, Kazakhstan.

Group 8: Spain, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Malta.

Group 9: England, Croatia, Kosovo, Faroe Islands.

Group 10: Ireland, Switzerland, Iceland, Armenia.

Group 11: Italy, Greece, Northern Ireland, San Marino.

Group 12: Belgium, Israel, Wales, Gibraltar.

Group 13: Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Andorra.

Mini-tournaments at this stage will take place between July 1 and November 21, 2023. The winners of the first two places in the selection groups and the five best third place winners based on the results of the matches with the first and second teams will advance to the elite qualification round.

We will remind that Cyprus, as the host, received a direct pass to the final stage, and the Netherlands national team will start the fight from the elite round of selection.